William Sterling Cary, a pioneering minister and civil rights activist who was the first Black person in prominent church leadership roles, including president of the National Council of Churches, has died, according to family members. He was 94. Cary died November 14 at his suburban Chicago home following heart failure stemming from a long illness, his daughter Yvonne Cary
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